[s-cars] s-car-list at audifans.comRe: Alignment shop in MD/DC/VA andSpecs

[Brian Armstead]

Thanks Manny.  I bought my car from Paul at Radial.  If you and Matt
would like to get together one weekend, I'd be up for it.  Perhaps we
can have a MD/DC/VA meet, throw some burgers on a grill, etc.  We did
that once when I had my Type 44 car.

Brian

manuelsanchez at starpower.net wrote:
> 
> Brian,
> 
> I'll confirm what Marc and Matt have said about Allen
> Automotive. Both Suni @ Road & Track as well as Sam from
> Radial Tire recommend the tech named Robert Baisey. As you may
> know, Radial Tire has a very good reputation in the area, and
> they seem to do crazy business (all with floor jacks!) I paid
> $120 for a 4 wheel alignment after installing the 2B coilovers
> this past February.
> 
> I've got the 2B revolution camber plates and he was able to
> align within factory specs.  You can read the other posts
> regarding other possible settings.
> 
> Manny
> 95.5 UrS6 Avant
> 
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> Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 10:14:10 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Alignment shop in MD/DC/VA and Specs
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> Brian wrote:
> >I found a recommended shop, but they want $160 for a four wheel
> >alignment.  Is this outrageous?  Any recs on a shop in the
> DC/VA/MD
> >area?
> 
> Matt replied:
> >
> > I have (as has Manny I think) a great shop in Silver Spring
> called:
> > Allen Automotive
> 
> Brian...$160 +/- a few dollars sounds about right for an
> alignment in the DC-metro area that's not done at one of the
> nationwide chains (i.e. NTB, MrTire, etc.).
> 
> Allen Automotive is also recommended by Sam at Radial Tire.
> They're a couple left turns away from Suni and around the
> corner from Radial.  Just make sure you get the guy that Suni
> and Sam recommend.  I took my urQ there a few years ago after
> getting new tires from Radial.  Whoever did the alignment
> didn't tighten the driver-side tie-rod.
> 
> Carl at the Auto Shop in Sterling (703-464-3650) also does
> good work.  He typically charges 2 hours labor.  He can corner
> balance as well.  He does a lot of pre-track event work for
> folks.  Tim at FunKtion Auto (703-544-0015) also in Sterling
> also has a lot of track and suspension tuning work.  Not sure
> what they charge for an alignment.
> 
> Marc